Tiburon PD Profile - Con't
COORDINATOR COMMENTS
Other Contacts: Laurie Nilsen (415) 435-7361
Tiburon Police Department entered all of its permit holders into the FAAP software. Their overall False Alarm Factor (FAF) is 0.84 (Eight percent (8%) commercial accounts = 1.78 FAF; Ninety-two percent (92%) residential accounts = 0.77 FAF.) This was the only jurisdiction in California to enter all of the known accounts thus reflecting a true FAF.
Tiburon experienced a 2% reduction in false dispatches in 1998 compared to 1997. That increases to a 4% reduction when you compare the twelve-month statistics through March 31, 1999.
Averaged 70 false dispatches per month during 1998
Averaged 62 false dispatches per month from Jan-Mar 1999
(Potentially an 11% reduction in false alarms dispatched in 1999 vs 1998)
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